Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-05
DAILY HERALD.
DOWNEY CITY.
The Fourth Annual Agri-
cultural Fair There.
FINE EXHIBIT MADE.
Finest Vegetables, Cattle and
Horses-The Races=-Qpen-
ing Address,

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Yesterday was the opening Of the
Fourth Annual Fair of the Los Ange-
les County Agricultural Association
This Association was founded by the
good people of Downey City, and the
fair is held at that place each year
The history of the enterprise will be
found further on briefly glanced at il
the address Of Judge Davis. This il
pre-eminently farmers fair, ant
the farmers of Downey own, man
age and control the affair in all its
elements and details. The enterprise
has been of great benefit to the coun'
try in which it is held, in the way Of
making known the advantages and
attractions of that region. But for that
matter, the fairs held at Downey have
done great good to the whole OF South
California in the way OF advertising
the country at large.
The opening yesterday was made
under a deep pail Of woe owing to the
death of T. r. Tierce, an old resident
of Downey, one of her most progress
siye and respected citizens, and a di-
rector of the association.
The exhibits were hardly in order
Yesterday, but the President, Mr.. Q.
A. Coffman, and the indefatigable
Secretary, MIR. II. A. Scott, with 9TH
- .f Az 'D,oxJ of D;rootoro xvoro IN :
tiring in their efforts to get the chaos
converted into order as soon as pos
sible. The government and manage
ment of the association for the current
year is as follows:
OFFICERS FOR 1887.
President, c. A. Coffman; Vice
President, T. j. Kerns; Secretary, II.
A. Scott Treasurer, NJ. d. Crawford.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
G.. A. Coffman, E. L. Barnett, T. j..
Kerns, o. p. Passions, Geo. f, Skid
more, P. P. Livermore, NJ. D. Craw-
ford, G. d. Bunch. H. A. Scott, T. r.
Tierce, w. G. Holman, Willis Newton.
Superintendent of Pavilion, D. P.
Kendrick.
Superintendent of Grounds, E. L.
Barnett.
General Superintendent, G. A. Cof-
man.
DIVISION sUPERINTENDENTs
Division A-Horses, Mules aud
Jacks-B. Walton, Compton, and VIM.
Caruthers, Downey, Assistant.
Division B-Cattle-T. D. CLANCY,
Downey; G. w. Coltrin, Compton,
Assistant.
Division C-Swine-Dr. G. w.
Wolfe, Downey.
Division D-Sheep-Chas. E. Smith,
Downey.
Division E-Poultry-Jasper Gee,
Downey; Jno, G. Simmons, Downey,
Assistant.
Division Farm Products-Willis
Newton, Downey; T. r. Tierce, Dow
ney, Assistant.
Division G-Fruits-J. w. Cate,
Ranchito: j. H. Cooke, Downey As
sistant.
Division H-Trees, Shrubbery and
Flowers-S. G. Hammer, Downey,
Miss Matte Coffman, Ranchito, As
sistant.
Division I-Agricultural Implements
and Machinery-Jno. Townsley, Dow
ney.
Division domestic Manufacturers
and Fine Art-Wm. B. French, Dow
ney; Miss Lottie Davis, Downey, As
sistant.
The exhibit is given in some detail
below, that is, so far as this had been
arranged. Another day the HERALD
proposes to supplement this list with
the exhibits Of others which had not
been put in order yesterday. Even as
it was with all the imperfections of a
first day on its head, the display was
decidedly a handsome one. Finer
apples, pears, ounces, grapes, peaches,
lemons, oranges, walnuts, and all the
products of the field, as we'll as of the
orchard, were never seen grown out of
any soil, or under any sun. Downey
and the adjacent region has always
been known as being one of the rich
est districts in Los Angeles county.
The fair quite maintains the reputa-
tion won by this part OF the county in
the past. There is necessarily great
deal of reiteration about the descrip-
ton of county fair, but such wonder
full specimens OF fruit and vegetables
fascinates a reporter to 60 on with
what would be very tiresome were the
exhibit less meritorious.
e. L. BARNETT.
Had an exhibit of grapes, twelve va
rieties, including Muscat, Flame To-
kay, Black Hamburg, Seedless Sui
tanas, Rose of Peru, Malaga, Cham
pagne, Black Morocco, Zinfandel,
Bleau Elba and Mission. The display
was very artistically arranged. Mr..
Barnett's display of lemons was very
attractive, and his exhibit OF apples,
for variety and quality, could not be
excelled in the world. His Bell flow
ers, pearmains, pippins, etc., were Of
superb development. He had ounces
and apples, some of which would
weigh pound to pound and half.
Mr.. Barnett had nine varieties of
apples. One of the most interesting
displays was Mr.. Barnett's English
walnuts, Of fine quality and size from
trees and years from the seed.
L. W. HoUGHToN
Had a magnificent display of fruit,
deciduous and citrus. Among this
were some dozen varieties of apples
and half dozen of pears. The speci-
mems would easily measure II to Is
inches in circumference and weigh a
pound and upwards. There were
ounces of quite as remarkable devel-
opment. And another point about
this exhibit is the clean, perfect con.
dition of the fruit. There are no spots,
worm holes or other blemish about
tine specimens. 1t is also noticeable
that winter varieties of apples ant
pears abounded in the specimens
shown. There were pomegranates a!
large as the apples on the table. Fine
6ys also attracted much attention.